Light converts endosymbiotic fungus to pathogen, influencing seedling survival and niche-space filling of a common tropical tree, Iriartea deltoidea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Álvarez Loayza, Patricia ^a,b   White Jr , James F ^a   Torres, Mónica S ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^c   Kristiansen, Thea ^c   Svenning, Jens Christian ^c   Gil, Nathalie ^d  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLODIA MUTILA; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT STRESS; SEEDLING; TREE;

ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LIGHT; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA STEVENSII; FUNGI; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA;

EID: 79551619570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016386     Document Type: Article

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